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The Delphi Murders: Paul Etter and Thomas Bruce

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

3.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, someone murdered Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana. The double homicide of these two young girls remains unsolved. 

In the years since, online sleuths have speculated that either Paul Etter or Thomas Bruce may have perpetrated the killings. In this episode, we’ll be looking into the life and crimes of each man. 

This episode takes a break from our focus on restaurant homicides, and is part of our intermittent series of episodes on the Delphi case.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Content warning. This episode contains descriptions of violence against women and children, sexual assault, and murder.

0:09.0

It was Saturday, June 22, 2019, and it was dark out, 430 in the morning.

0:16.0

The 26-year-old woman was driving home to Delphi, Indiana.

0:21.0

She was only about 20 minutes to sew away and was probably thinking how nice it would be to get to her house and settle into bed.

0:29.0

But then her trouble started. She got a flat tire.

0:33.0

Instinctively, she pulled into the nearest driveway, if only so she could have a moment to figure out what she should do.

0:39.0

The man who owned the property she stopped at noticed her.

0:43.0

He came out and started walking towards her vehicle.

0:47.0

She did not know that his name was Paul Eder, that he had a long criminal record, and that detectives were investigating him as a possible suspect in the murders of Liberty, German, and Abigail Williams at Delphi.

1:03.0

Nor did she know that Eder would later post on Facebook that when he saw her that night, the devil came unto me.

1:11.0

But, as she watched him come toward her, something about him made her feel unsafe.

1:18.0

So, when he got to her car and asked her if she needed help, she lied to him. She said she was okay.

1:26.0

And then, even though her tire was flat, she pulled out of his driveway and got back onto the road.

1:33.0

But she couldn't go far. She remembered she had a friend who lived nearby and she gave him a call.

1:40.0

He said he wasn't home at the moment, but he would be soon. He would meet her at his place, and they could figure out how to get her car fixed.

1:50.0

She pulled into his driveway, and, as she did so, another vehicle came in right behind her.

1:58.0

She must have breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't had to wait long for her friend after all.

2:04.0

She got out of her car and started heading for the vehicle behind her.

2:08.0

It was only then that she realized the man in that car was not her friend at all. It was Paul Eder.

2:17.0

But by then, it was too late.

2:28.0

My name is Anya Cain.

2:30.0

And I'm Kevin Greenley.

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